Australia wins opening Sydney SailGP final over Japan

SYDNEY (AP) — Tom Slingsby and his Australia high-speed catamaran won the opening Sydney SailGP event, finishing first in four of the five races and then winning the championship match race over Japan on Saturday.
After the first of five events, Australia leads the standings with 48 points. Japan, skippered by Nathan Outteridge, has 45. Britain, with skipper Dylan Fletcher, has 36, followed by China (skipper Phil Robertson) and France (Billy Besson) with 33 points each, and the United Stat